diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2dac63ed9d..44f1b732ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "7.0.0-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.0-rc.1",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c9607dd1f3..5dd26aaec4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6988,20 +6988,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@7.0.0-rc.1:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "6.2.2"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/1c194e81637fb07fe6ad67cda33be0d5d4c10115"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.2"
-    loglevel "^1.6.4"
-    qs "^6.5.2"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"
@@ -7010,9 +6996,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "2.7.2"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/6f6793bc858186d9eeaad9969914d016dd2a8f1b"
+matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0-rc.1:
+  version "2.8.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.8.0-rc.1.tgz#ad4ec33606bb0126b1fbe9263927e26f9fc18d5a"
+  integrity sha512-a7HunK6FVLpasLZV5pNwis1CkQTC+dpXf2jyZ8frHSASLFkwlRMey9Jt6YG5xGMfzuYC17Y7DOesJ37Jk+bmUw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7040,7 +7027,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "7.0.0-rc.1"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"